Uruguay are well on track to becoming 2011 Copa America champions! Luis Suarez’s second half brace powered La Celeste Olimpica past Peru to reach the final of the competition.
As of now, many are fancying the Uruguayans to lift the title in Buenos Aires in a week’s time. It’s never easy to oust hosts, is it? We saw Japan stunning Germany at the Women’s World Cup. The rest of the story is easy to tell; the Japanese went on to win the title. Is this something Uruguay are going to emulate at the Copa America?
Their chances to do so are big enough. The Uruguayans don’t just have great strikers in the form of Diego Forlan and Luis Suarez. They have a great goalkeeper too. Muslera is the name.
This is a shot stopper whose pair of hands make Uruguay’s goal post seem protected by gates. Indeed, Muslera’s performance has caught the eye of the public at the benefit of Oscar Tabarez’s team.
It now looks like Uruguay have achieved enough positives at the 2011 Copa America to teach Brazil and Argentina one or two lessons. What’s wrong with South America’s two biggest giants, in fact? Why have the Argentines and the Brazilians struggled to go past the quarter-finals of a major tournament since 2006?
Uruguay, on the contrary, reached the semis at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and here they are today with a genuine chance of creating a record by winning their 15th Copa America title.
The reality is that Uruguay have used time at the 2011 Copa America to improve. La Celeste surely didn’t start very well. But they’ve managed to get great results when needed—that is, in the knock-out stages of the competition.
In the meantime, the Argentines are cracking their brains to solve the many problems behind their patchy show which ended with defeat to La Celeste Olimpica. In the meantime, also, Brazilian fans are wondering how long they must wait for the Seleçao to stamp their authority continentally and internationally again.
Maybe it’s time for die-hard Argentina and Brazil fans to give a little more respect to Uruguay’s status as giants in South America…
Their chances to do so are big enough. The Uruguayans don’t just have great strikers in the form of Diego Forlan and Luis Suarez. They have a great goalkeeper too. Muslera is the name.
This is a shot stopper whose pair of hands make Uruguay’s goal post seem protected by gates. Indeed, Muslera’s performance has caught the eye of the public at the benefit of Oscar Tabarez’s team.
It now looks like Uruguay have achieved enough positives at the 2011 Copa America to teach Brazil and Argentina one or two lessons. What’s wrong with South America’s two biggest giants, in fact? Why have the Argentines and the Brazilians struggled to go past the quarter-finals of a major tournament since 2006?
Uruguay, on the contrary, reached the semis at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and here they are today with a genuine chance of creating a record by winning their 15th Copa America title.
The reality is that Uruguay have used time at the 2011 Copa America to improve. La Celeste surely didn’t start very well. But they’ve managed to get great results when needed—that is, in the knock-out stages of the competition.
In the meantime, the Argentines are cracking their brains to solve the many problems behind their patchy show which ended with defeat to La Celeste Olimpica. In the meantime, also, Brazilian fans are wondering how long they must wait for the Seleçao to stamp their authority continentally and internationally again.
Maybe it’s time for die-hard Argentina and Brazil fans to give a little more respect to Uruguay’s status as giants in South America…
